KFH History
THANK YOU to Charles Frodsham for supplying the information below! Broadcaster extraordinaire Don Anderson served KFH as chief announcer, master of ceremonies of live programs, and program director from 1949 to 1961 when he died suddenly of a heart attack. Photo from November 1948, two months after the sign-on […]
Legislative Update April/May 2022
Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) Recognizing the dominant power of Big Tech and its threat to local journalism, the JCPA would create a temporary antitrust exemption to allow eligible broadcasters and certain other digital publishers to jointly negotiate with a dominant online platform regarding access to their content. An “eligible broadcaster” holds or operates […]
Advocacy Alert: NAB Produces On-Air Performance Tax Campaign
The NAB Radio Board of Directors has unanimously approved an on-air campaign to fight against the imposition of new performance fees on local radio, and we need your help. NAB is asking radio stations to air spots opposing performance fee legislation as often as possible starting immediately and through the August Congressional recess, which ends […]
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 12, 2022 to March 18, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, and a look ahead at an important deadline next week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. New FCC sponsorship identification rules that impose obligations on almost […]
How to Survive in a Small Market
Kevin Thomas is the owner of WDKC(FM) “KC101 FM” in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County, a station where radio spots cost only a few dollars and the biggest community in the coverage area consists of a few thousand residents. He’d like Radio World to share more tricks and “hacks” to help broadcasters in tiny markets. “All small-market […]
A New FM+HD Radio Architecture
In 2020 Nautel participated in a demonstration that described a new approach to HD Radio time alignment. We asked Chief Technology Officer Philipp Schmid for an update. Radio World: First let’s summarize what was demo’d. Philipp Schmid: In response to industry demand, Nautel, in cooperation with Telos Alliance, demonstrated a new FM+HD Radio transport architecture […]
NAB Show Exhibitor Insight: Riedel Communications Inc.—Joyce Bente, President/CEO Riedel – The Americas
Bente shares her thoughts on the upcoming NAB Show
U.K. DAB Multiplex Relicensing Plan Gains Support
A report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of the House of Commons agrees with the recent decision by the U.K. government to renew automatically current DAB multiplex operator licenses. In January, the government proposed allowing broadcast regulator Ofcom to renew the two national commercial radio multiplex licenses until year-end 2035 without going […]
Wurl Partners With ScreenHits TV to Deliver FAST Channels
The launches begin in the U.S., UK, Germany and Latin America as part of ScreenHits TV’s global expansion
New Rules on the Identification of Foreign Government-Provided Programs Affects All Broadcasters – Now in Effect
The FCC this week announced that broadcasters must now comply with new rules designed to identify when programming is run on U.S. stations that was provided by a foreign governmental entity pursuant to a lease of airtime. While this seems like a narrow purpose, the new rules will impose a burden on broadcasters. Because of […]